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Disaster detail

SEVERE STORMS AND FLOODING

DR-4263-LA affected Morehouse Parish, Louisiana. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type
Flood
DR-4263-LA
Declared
Mar 13, 2016
DR
Public assistance
$399K
Project obligations
Registrations
2,218
Tracked households
Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Emergency Protective Measures$146K
Buildings and Equipment$105K
Utilities$74K
Debris Removal$45K
Roads and Bridges$25K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$3K
Total PA obligated$399K

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$3.5M
Renter-approved dollars$914K
Intake IHP dollars$8.9M
Validated phase 2 dollars$0
Tracked registrations2,218
About this declaration

What DR-4263-LA means

DR-4263-LA is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, with an incident window starting Mar 8, 2016 through Apr 8, 2016. The declaration type is "DR," categorized as flood.

When FEMA issues a declaration, it can authorize Individual Assistance (IA), Public Assistance (PA), or Hazard Mitigation (HM) programs — or any combination. IA covers direct aid to households: housing repairs, rental assistance, and other needs. PA funds infrastructure repair and emergency protective measures managed by local governments and nonprofits. The dollar figures on this page reflect what FEMA's open datasets report as obligated, which may differ from final disbursements.

This declaration is one entry in the broader Morehouse Parish disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.